Jobs Companies McKesson Lead Network and Cloud Architect

About this Lead Network and Cloud Architect role at McKesson

McKesson · Onsite · CAN, ON, Mississauga

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

About the Role 

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership across McKesson’s enterprise infrastructure spanning cloud and on‑premises environments. In this role, you will set the technical direction for infrastructure initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals, scalability, and compliance with architectural standards. You will lead large‑scale projects, drive innovation in automation and reliability, and act as a key escalation point for complex issues. This role partners closely with senior engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver secure, high‑performing infrastructure solutions.

What You’ll Do 

  • Lead the design, implementation, and support of enterprise infrastructure systems to ensure scalability, performance, and reliability

  • Set technical direction for infrastructure initiatives and enforce enterprise architecture standards and best practices

  • Drive and oversee delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects aligned with business objectives

  • Own network capacity planning, including optimization of performance, scalability, and cost efficiency

  • Serve as escalation point for critical incidents and lead complex troubleshooting across infrastructure environments

  • Drive innovation through infrastructure automation, orchestration, and reliability engineering practices

  • Develop and enforce governance frameworks for SLAs, OLAs, and security/compliance requirements

  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend enhancements to improve infrastructure capabilities

  • Other duties may be assigned as needed to meet Company goals

Minimum Requirements 

  • Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience

  • 10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, including enterprise-scale system design and implementation

  • Hands-on experience with Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in hybrid or multi-cloud environments

  • Strong experience with network engineering concepts including BGP, routing protocols, and network design

  • Proven experience with automation and orchestration tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Puppet) for infrastructure deployment

  • Deep experience with cloud infrastructure, virtualization, and container platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)

  • Experience managing enterprise infrastructure performance, capacity planning, and cost optimization

  • Proven ability to lead large-scale infrastructure projects and serve as escalation point for complex issues

  • Experience working with enterprise security, compliance, and governance frameworks

Preferred Skills / Experience

  • Experience in healthcare or other regulated industries

  • Strong leadership and stakeholder influence skills across cross-functional technical teams

  • Experience implementing DevOps and SRE practices to improve reliability and operational efficiency

Work Model / Physical Requirements

We are Flex and Connect with 2 days a week in office

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$122,100 - $162,800

McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:

McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.


McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.

McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

 

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

 

McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) [email protected] or (Canada) [email protected]. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

Join us at McKesson!

Ready to apply to McKesson?
Apply to McKesson

How this Cloud Architect salary compares

This role pays $142,450/yrbelow the typical range for Cloud Architect roles.

$130,355 median $174,844 $214,605

Typical range $149,075–$199,651/yr, from 190 comparable Cloud Architect listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Cloud Architect salary insights →

About McKesson

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

See all jobs at McKesson →

Similar jobs

McKesson
Lead Cloud Solution Architect
McKesson
⚡ Apply early CAN, ON, Mississauga Onsite $122,100–$162,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
McKesson
Principal Cloud Solutions Architect
McKesson
⚡ Apply early CAN, ON, Mississauga Onsite $149,600–$199,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Lloyds Banking Group
Cloud Security Architect
Lloyds Banking Group
⚡ Apply early Manchester Onsite £72,702–£88,858
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4h ago
GDIT
Sr Principal Cloud Architect
GDIT
⚡ Apply early USA VA Falls Church Hybrid $164,382–$189,750
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 23h ago
Acrisure
Cloud Solution Architect
Acrisure
⚡ Apply early ATLANTA, GA Onsite $130,000–$150,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
PGTEK
Google Cloud Architect (Senior & Junior levels) - Active Secret clearance
PGTEK
⚡ Apply early United States · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
AND Digital
AWS Cloud Architect - 3 Month FTC
AND Digital
⚡ Apply early Bristol, England, United Kingd... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Riveron
Technology and Innovation - Salesforce Architect (Revenue Cloud and CPQ)
Riveron
⚡ Apply early South Florida Hybrid $145,000–$185,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Stripe
Partner Solutions Architect - AWS
Stripe
⚡ Apply early New York Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago

Sign up for suggestions tailored to the jobs you open and the searches you save.

More jobs at McKesson

See all jobs at McKesson →

Apply now
🤖

Whoa — hold up

JobsRadar was built for real people having a rough time in their job search — not for automated requests. You're clicking way too fast and you're now temporarily blocked.

Come back later. If you're genuinely job hunting, we've got your back — just act like a human.

Catch your next role the second it’s posted.

Create a free account and we’ll watch the boards for you — the instant a job matches your search, it lands in your inbox or Telegram. No digging, no refreshing.

Create free account

Free forever · takes 30 seconds · already have one?

Get an edge on your job hunt.

Join our Telegram channel for the stuff that helps you land the role — salary benchmarks, the weekly market pulse, and new-feature drops. No spam, just signal.

Join the channel — it's free